—“I’m sorry. Mr. Williams ________ to a conference long before then.”
A) will have gone
B) had gone
C) would have gone
D) has gone
42. You ________ him so closely; you should have kept your distance.
A) shouldn’t follow
B) mustn’t follow
C) couldn’t’ have been following
D) shouldn’t have been following
43. The growth of part-time and flexible working patterns, and of training and retraining
schemes, ________ more women to take advantage of employment opportunities.
A) have allowed
B) allow
C) allowing
D) allows
44. Everybody ________ in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary.
A) assembled
B) accumulated
C) piled
D) joined
45. Putting in a new window will ________ cutting away part of the roof.
A) include
B) involve
C) contain
D) comprise
46. Living in the western part of the country has its problems, ________ obtaining fresh
water is not the least.
A) with which
B) for which
C) of which
D) which
47. In the ________ of the project not being a success, the investors stand to lose up to
$30 million.
A) face
B) time
C) event
D) course
48. The manager would rather his daughter ________ in the same office.
A) had not worked
B) not to work
C) does not work
D) did not work
49. ________, he does get annoyed with her sometimes.
A) Although much he likes her
B) Much although he likes her
C) As he likes her much
D) Much as he likes her
50. The British constitution is ________ a large extent a product of the historical events
described above.
A) within
B) to
C) by
D) at
Part III Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices
marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark
the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
center.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Long after the 1998 World Cup was won, disappointed fans were still cursing the
disputed refereeing (裁判) decisions that denied victory to their team. A researcher was
appointed to study the performance of some top referees.
The researcher organized an experimental tournament (锦标赛) involving four youth
teams. Each match lasted an hour, divided into three periods of 20 minutes during which
different referees were in charge.
Observers noted down the referees’ errors, of which there were 61 over the
tournament. Converted to a standard match of 90 minutes, each referee made almost 23
mistakes, a remarkably high number.
The researcher then studied the videotapes to analyse the matches in detail.
Surprisingly, he found that errors were more likely when the referees were close to the
incident. When the officials got it right, they were, on average, 17 meters away from the
action. The average distance in the case of errors was 12 meters. The research shows the
optimum (最佳的) distance is about 20 meters.
There also seemed to be an optimum speed. Correct decisions came when the
referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second. The average speed for
errors was 4 meters per second.
If FIFA, football’s international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of
refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the
action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues.
He also says that FIFA’s insistence that referees should retire at age 45 may be
misguided. If keeping up with the action is not so important, their physical condition is
less critical.
51. The experiment conducted by the researcher was meant to ________.
A) review the decisions of referees at the 1998 World Cup
B) analyse the causes of errors made by football referees
C) set a standard for football refereeing
D) reexamine the rules for football refereeing
52. The number of refereeing errors in the experimental matches was ________.
A) slightly above average
B) higher than in the 1998 World Cup
C) quite unexpected
D) as high as in a standard match
53. The findings of the experiment show that ________.
A) errors are more likely when a referee keeps close to the ball
B) the farther the referee is from the incident, the fewer the errors
C) the more slowly the referee runs, the more likely will errors occur
D) errors are less likely when a referee stays in one spot
54. The word “officials” (Line 2, Para. 4) most probably refers to ________.
A) the researchers involved in the experiment
B) the inspectors of the football tournament
C) the referees of the football tournament
D) the observers at the site of the experiment
55. What is one of the possible conclusions of the experiment?